Saaler Sven

Name	Saaler Sven
Alternative Names	Sven Saaler
URL	http://www.japanesehistory.de
Affiliation	Sophia University
Section	Faculty of Liberal Arts
Job title	Professor
Degree	DR. Phil.(Ph.D.)(Univ. of BONN)
Other Affiliation	Graduate School of Global Studies
Research funding number	70401205
J-Global ID	200901007736624683

Profile

http://www.japanesehistory.de/

Education

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Apr 1995

Nov 1999

Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Philosophische Fakultät Japanologisches Seminar

Nov 1999

Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Philosophische Fakultät Japanologisches Seminar

Oct 1990

Mar 1995

Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Philosophische Fakultät Japanologisches Seminar

Dec 1994

Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Philosophische Fakultät Japanologisches Seminar

Oct 1989

Sep 1990

Universität zu Köln Philosophische Fakultät Historisches Seminar

Research History

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Apr 2017

Today

Sophia University Faculty of Liberal Arts Professor

Sep 2008

Mar 2017

Sophia University Faculty of Liberal Arts

Apr 2005

Sep 2008

The University of Tokyo Associate Professor

Jan 2004

Mar 2005

German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ） Head of Humanities Section

Nov 2000

Dec 2003

German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ） Senior Researcher

Research Interests

近現代日本史 ,黒龍会 ,記憶 ,ドイツ ,Pan-Asianism ,Asianism ,歴史認識 ,ソ連 ,銅像 ,東亜同文会 ,戦間期日本 ,歴史教科書問題 ,儀式的教育 ,歴史記憶 ,日独関係史 ,デモクラシー運動 ,日本 ,文化

Research Areas

Humanities & social sciences / International relations /
Humanities & social sciences / History - Japan /

Books and Other Publications

OAG. Die Geschichte der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Natur- und Völkerkunde Ostasiens, 1873-1972 (OAG. The History of the German East Asiatic Society, 1873-1972).

Saaler Sven (with Christian W. Spang and Rolf-Harald Wippich)(Part:Joint author)

Munich: Iudicium / OAG – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Natur- und Völkerkunde Ostasiens 2023

Men in Metal. A Topography of Personality Cult in Modern Japan.

Sven Saaler(Part:Sole author)

Leiden: Brill 2020

危機の時代と「知」の挑戦 (下) (An Era of Crisis and Responses of Intellectuals)

Sven Saaler (with Hasegawa Yûichi and Yoshitsugu Kôsuke)(Part:Joint edit)

Tokyo: Ronsôsha May 2018

Routledge Handbook of Modern Japanese History

Sven Saaler (with Christopher W.A. Szpilman)(Part:Joint edit)

London and New York: Routledge 2018

https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-Modern-Japanese-History/Saaler-Szpilman/p/book/9781138815186

A New Modern History of East Asia

Sven Saaler (with Eckhardt Fuchs and Kasahara Tokushi)(Part:Joint edit)

Göttingen: V&R Academic 2018

Papers

Japanese Empire and Pan-Asianism

Sven Saaler

Oxford Research Encyclopedia in Asian History Apr 2019 [Refereed][Invited]

<p>The Japanese colonial empire was composed of territories adjacent to the Japanese archipelago, ranging from Southern Sakhalin in the north to Taiwan in the south. Unlike most European powers, Japan did not acquire colonial territories that were...

The Kokuryukai (Black Dragon Society) and the Rise of Nationalism, Pan-Asianism, and Militarism in Japan, 1901-1925

Sven Saaler

International Journal of Asian Studies 11(2) 125-160 2014 [Refereed]

In the conduct of prewar Japanese foreign relations, political associations (seiji kessha) - we might also call them pressure groups - exerted considerable political influence, particularly on Japan's relations with China and other Asian nations. ...

戦後の日本とドイツにおける「過去の克服」(Coming to Terms with the Past in Postwar Japan and Germany)

Sven Saaler

日本の科学者 (Journal of Japanese Scientists) 48(8) 18-23 Oct 2013 [Refereed]

Men in Metal: Representations of the Nation in Public Space in Meiji Japan, 1868-1912

Sven Saaler

Comparativ. Zeitschrift für Globalgeschichte und vergleichende Gesellschaftsforschung 19 27-43 2009 [Refereed]

Presentations

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Overcoming Trauma at Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery

Sven Saaler

Book Launch: Contesting and Commemorating Trauma in East Asi 24 May 2023 Sophia University Institute for Comparative Culture [Invited]

From Historical Revisionism to the era of “Post-Truth“

Sven Saaler

Symposium “Investigating the Question of War and Medical Ethics“ 24 Apr 2023 Conduct by Japanese Researchers and Health Care Professionals during the War

The Medieval Roots of Imperial Loyalty: the Cult of Kusunoki Masashige in Modern Japan

Sven Saaler

Monumental Medievalism: Public Monuments & the Mis|use of the Medieval Past. University of York (online), 5-6 October 2022. [Invited]

Heroism in Modern Japan as Reflected in Public Statuary

Sven Saaler

Keynote Speech. International Conference: “Heroes and Villains in Modern Japan.” The University of Haifa (Israel), 22-26 May 2022. [Invited]

Trophy Photography in the Asia-Pacific War (1931-1945): POWs, Warrior Codes, International Codification of Conduct in War

Sven Saaler

Workshop (online). “Trophy Photographs in WWII - An Interdisciplinary Transnational Debate,” 25-27 March 2022.